Brooklyn school gets flags donated after Superstorm Sandy

A new flag is going up in a classroom at PS 22, Gerritsen Beach School - the flag is the first thing students give their attention to every morning.

"It's a great symbol of our country," says 2nd grader, Casey Sarubbi.

For a school that weathered the storms of Superstorm Sandy, its flags did not do as well.

"They were just worn, faded, some of them tattered - probably pretty old flags, you know!" said Charley Foley.

Foley is a police officer and founder of the Tucson-based organization, 'Flags for the Flagless', The group matches schools in need with businesses and organizations willing to donate them. Foley was contacted on social media last year by an employee at the school.

"He said that the school couldn't afford to get the flags, so he was looking for outside help to make that happen," said Foley.